Decent Building: A Light Frame System for Urban Living

Architecture is assembly; it combines a multitude of programs and specifications, creating the spaces we inhabit while navigating our complex systems of governance and economy. To better imagine the future of how we will build, we look to understand the narratives and lessons of the past. The successful construction of a building depends on the effective integration of available and emergent technologies and materials. These methods and materials stretch back centuries, sometimes millennia, and have depended on a relay race of innovation passing from generation to generation. As we systematize our existing building practice in Ontario, transitioning from onsite to offsite construction, we look to create a high-quality, variable architecture that adds value to our communities and protects against an uncertain future.